Multi-country loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2016/17 from the COLOSS survey

RB is engaged in research on the honey bee. His major research interests are: Fundamental research in physiology - metabolism - behavior - nutrition of social insects - the honey bee in particular. Since 2008 coordinator of the survey of winter losses of honey bee colonies in Austria - research on identification of associated risk factors and on colony dynamics. Since 2013 executive committee member of COLOSS (www.coloss.org). Since 2014 Co-chair of the international Colony losses monitoring group of COLOSS - together with Alison Gray. Experience in citizen science projects: C.S.I. Pollen - Citizen scientist investigation on pollen diversity forage available to honey bees. An international study coordinated by Sjef van der Steen and Robert Brodschneider. Member of the Citizen Science Association (http://citizenscienceassociation.org). Editor of Bee World (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbee20/current).